Retrieval of a Disconnected Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Catheter by Laparoscopy in a Newborn Child: Case Report

W. Deinsberger; M. Langhans; M. Winking; D. K. Böker

doi:10.1055/s-2008-1053470

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Minim Invasive Neurosurg 1995; 38(3): 123-124
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1053470

Retrieval of a Disconnected Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Catheter by Laparoscopy in a Newborn Child: Case Report

W. Deinsberger, M. Langhans¹ , M. Winking, D. K. Böker

Neurosurgical Clinic and
¹Clinic for General Surgery, Justus Liebig University, Gießen, Germany

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18 March 2008 (online)

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Abstract

In rare cases the peritoneal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt dislodges from the valve and the peritoneal tube migrates into the peritoneal cavity. For retrieval of the free intraperitoneal shunt, tube laparoscopy is the initial method of choice.

Key words

Laparoscopy - Ventriculoperitoneal shunt - Disconnected shunt catheter

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